The American Pundit

American Troops Killed in Iraq During December: Zero

In yet another sign that Iraq has been stabilized and the war there is winding down, no American soldiers lost their lives in the country during the month of December. Iraqi death totals have also decreased to the lowest level since 2003. There’s no indication that the positive trend will stop.
There were those who said [...]

Newsweek: Obama Had Pre-Christmas Briefing About Threats to Homeland

How ironic. Remember when the left crucified George W. Bush because his administration was warned of unspecific threats to the homeland from aircraft before 9/11? And, lacking telepathic abilities, he wasn’t able to prevent the attacks? Yeah….
Turns out that Barack Obama was told just days before Christmas that there was a significant threat of a [...]

Mutallab Tried to Board Aircraft Without Passport

The story surrounding Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab’s attempt to bring down Northwest Airlines flight 253 over Detroit just got a bit stranger.
According to a passenger aboard the flight, Mutallab approached the boarding gate in Amsterdam with an apparent friend and without a passport. Kurt Haskell of Michigan tells the story:
Haskell said he and his wife [...]

Israel Calls All Ambassadors Home for Meeting

I would say it’s not necessarily something major, but this is the first time in history that the Jewish state has made such a move. Is something on the horizon in Israel’s relationship with Iran? Whatever it is, it’s something out of the ordinary.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister [...]

Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Napolitano’s Got to Go

The woman is either:

Too incompetent to understand “the system” failed miserably, or
Lying through her teeth

Either way, she shouldn’t be serving as Secretary of Homeland Security.
Anyone who believes (or simply says) that an international terrorist managing to smuggle high-explosives aboard a commercial aircraft, his attack only thwarted by a failed detonator and Dutch passenger, proves that [...]

Napolitano: You Know What Worked? The System

Clearly. We had an individual known for his extremist ties, an individual on a terrorist watch list, given permission to board an international, U.S.-bound flight wearing explosive underwear. The only reason his terror attack failed was because of a faulty detonator and vigilant passengers. Oh, and his father happened to notify the federal government about [...]

More on the Christmas Airline Attack Plotter

We’re getting the first pictures of and background information regarding Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian national and apparent al-Qaeda operative who attempted to detonate an explosive aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day.
Abdulmutallab, who was born on December 22, 1986, is the son of prominent Nigerian banker Dr. Umaru Abdulmutallab.
Dr. Abdulmutallab, 70, recently retired [...]

Charges Filed Against Christmas Airline Attack Plotter; Details of Incident

The Charges
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Al Qaeda-linked man who attempted to detonate an explosive aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day, has been charged by the Justice Department with two counts of terror-related activity:
Willful attempt to destroy an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States;
and
Willfully placing and causing to be placed [...]

Man Sets Firecrackers Off on Detroit-Bound Int’l Flight

A few thoughts after the report.
Federal officials and police are interviewing a man, believed to be Nigerian, who allegedly was trying to “explode” a powdery substance aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, injuring himself and two other passengers, law enforcement officials said.
Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit at 11:53 a.m. The man, [...]

White House Trying to Blackmail Nelson With Base Closure

Nebraska is home to just one military installation, Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha. The base is home to US Strategic Command, which is responsible for missile defense, combating WMDs, gathering information, space operations, and much more. Clearly it’s an important installation for the United States.
But word comes today that Congressional Democrats are desperate enough [...]